Microsoft’s view of the future for healthcare is all about communicating with each other
Like the Diabetic medicine cylinders (1:36 mark) that glow red when empty. Perfect for reminding patients to refill their medicine. Or patients and clinical researchers “talking” to their doctors without meeting in person (2:30 mark).
Now put it all on the go and you’ve got a winner.
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It’s hard to imagine a time when we didn’t have them. Now they’re norm de rigeur for anyone with a mobile phone. We do things with them – from getting directions to staying connected and entertained.
It doesn’t mean that all apps are good. There are weird and wacky apps that should have never seen the light of day; like this one where you lick virtual food off your iPhone. Grosss…
So we’ve decided to make a list of mobile apps that make life easier, better and more comfortable.
Comments welcome!
Great video about communication in the new world. And how it’s going to look like in 10 years from now, 2027 and 2050.
I quite like the bit where it says “copyright is illegal”. What say you? ;D
Also, does anyone how what accent it’s in? I just can’t seem to place it.
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Women are as inventive as men.
The Spelbots is a great example. The all-woman engineering team built robots to play soccer. The efforts of these girls paid off as they came in second at the RoboCup 2009 (Osaka). That achievement’s nothing to be sneezed at.
In fact they’ve torn apart notions that engineering is a “guy” thing. Naturally there are differences. When guys compete to showcase their ideas, women tend to be more accepting.
According to their mentor professor Andrew Williams, “There tends to be more of a social side [to it]…Teamwork basically. There’s an emphasis on collaboration, creativity, social aspects of computer science.”
In fact the social part of engineering (or related disciplines) is important for women engineers.
Today’s video is about robots and rock stars. At least the robot creators are “rock stars on their campus”, and they’re all women.
They’re known as the Spelbots: a team of computer scientists and engineers who build robots to compete in Robocups (the World Cup of robot soccer).
According to their mentor, Andrew Williams, their biggest strengths lie in “teamwork, collaboration, and the social aspects of engineering”. It culminated in a trip to the RoboCup Japan Open Finals (Osaka, 2009) where they lost on penalties.
PS: Check out Mr Roboto Charles’ dance moves at the 2:16 mark.
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Danielle Zurovcik, a doctoral student at MIT, created a hand-powered suction-healing system that speeds up healing of open wounds.
To put the awesomeness of this invention in context, traditional suction-healing systems cost at least $100/day and need to be recharged every six hours. This one costs $3 to make, sustain and use.
That’s a godsend for poor places and countries. So why aren’t we seeing more of these things being invented?
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We can read minds. You’re probably thinking: “most engineers are guys, it’s all about maths and science, and it’s about ‘nerdy males who design weaponry in the movies’.”
Hrmmph. Have you met Sung Peir Fen?
Woman, process engineer at ExxonMobil, and interviewed on 938Live in December 2009.
And you know what? Peir Fen’s just as sceptical when we spoke about perceived limitations for women engineers:
“Contrary to public perception, there are many female engineers in the petrochemical industry. In ExxonMobil, there are numerous women role models in management positions, for younger engineers like myself. They hold key posts in technical, operations, engineering, logistics and even construction management.”
If you think that she sits in a cubicle all day long… think again, because she…we’ll let her tell you about it herself.
One last bite – Steve Jobs, if you’re reading this post, Peir Fen would like to invite you to dinner ‘cause you are “innovative and constantly challenging norms”.
I'm the editor of UCreateChange. And I started this blog with the intention of putting up my past weekly roundups 'cause it's a shame they're simply disappearing into people's inboxes. Anyways, if you've a question on engineering, drop me a line at creators.of.tomorrow@gmail.com!
